UFC 61: Bitter Rivals

COMPLETED·Saturday, July 8, 2006

UFC 61: Bitter Rivals

Mandalay Bay Events Center·Las Vegas, Nevada

69Solid

Card rating

+36 over-delivered

Ranked: 0top-15
Title fight: 1belt on the line
Hot streak: 1WDrew Fickett

Attendance: 11,167
Gate: $3,350,775

Highlights

Post-event

Tito Ortiz

Tito Ortiz vs Ken Shamrock

KO / TKO · R1 · 1:18

Light Heavyweight

Finishes by method

KO / TKO4 · 44%
Submission2 · 22%
Decision3 · 33%

9

Total bouts

10:36

Avg duration

Main event

Tim Sylvia

WTim Sylvia31-10—

Andrei Arlovski

LAndrei ArlovskiL434-24—

Heavyweight

Title

Decision (Unanimous)

R5 · 5:00

ref · John McCarthy

Co-main event

Joshua Burkman

WJoshua BurkmanL528-18—

Josh Neer

LJosh NeerL336-16-1—

Welterweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Steve Mazzagatti

Main card

Tito Ortiz

WTito OrtizL321-12-1—

Ken Shamrock

LKen ShamrockL328-17-2—

Light Heavyweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 1:18

ref · Herb Dean

Frank Mir

WFrank MirL219-13—

DC

LDan Christison0-0—

Heavyweight

Decision (Unanimous)

R3 · 5:00

ref · Yves Lavigne

Joe Stevenson

WJoe StevensonL433-16—

Yves Edwards

LYves EdwardsL442-22-1—

Lightweight

KO/TKO

R2 · 5:00

ref · John McCarthy

Preliminary card

Hermes Franca

WHermes Franca26-20—

JJ

LJoe Jordan0-0—

Catch Weight

Submission

R3 · 0:47

ref · Yves Lavigne

Jeff Monson

WJeff Monson60-26-1—

Anthony Perosh

LAnthony PeroshL215-10—

Heavyweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 2:42

ref · Herb Dean

Early prelims

Cheick Kongo

WCheick Kongo31-12-2—

GA

LGilbert AldanaL20-0—

Heavyweight

KO/TKO

R1 · 4:13

ref · Yves Lavigne

Drew Fickett

WDrew Fickett43-23—

Kurt Pellegrino

LKurt PellegrinoL216-7—

Welterweight

Submission

R3 · 1:20

ref · Steve Mazzagatti